Wednesday, March 05, 2003

New widescreen laptop from Dell. "It started with the 200A5 from vpr Matrix; now the trend of putting widescreen displays in PC laptops continues, with Dell of all companies coming out with a new widescreen laptop. Their new Inspiron 8500 has a wide aspect 1900x1200 pixel 15.4-inch WUXGA screen, which is reportedly enough resolution for high-definition television. The rest of the computer is no slouch either - the 8500 has a 2.4GHz processor, a 32MB video card, 60GB hard drive, and up to 2GB of RAM." Read [Gizmodo] 5:37:54 PM    comment []  trackback []

Why is it that Toshiba always makes the coolest stuff for its Japanese Market? Toshiba's new Pocket PC with a digital camera. "New Pocket PC from Toshiba. The Genio e550c has a built-in digital camera with a flash on the back, a 400MHz processor, and 128MB of RAM. Available in Japan in three works, but there's no indication when the e550c might go on sale here. Read" [via Gizmodo] 1:44:29 PM    comment []  trackback []

Big hands, little devices Nice article in USAToday: Hello, tech designers? This stuff is too small. We've got an aging populations with a penchant for new and smaller gadgets.  No one wants to carry another device, so we ask for smaller things, yet, we have a hard time operating tiny things, with tiny buttons. What are our options?  My new Motorola V720 has a voice dial button that works really, really well... press the side button, say the person's name.  It repeats the name back to you for confrimations ( a lovely touch ) and then dials the number.  I can see more voice operated software once the recognition gets as simple as that. The other thought I had was that people will be more apt to upgrade their bodies with devices rather than carry them. By implanting devices, we certainly don't have to carry them. Scary, eh? 12:51:11 PM    comment []  trackback []